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Small division board feeders

I am looking for a source for a smaller plastic division board feeder. It needs to be about the size of a standard deep frame. The yellow hard plastic don't hold up well and the masonite ones we built are starting to leak. We have one that is blue grey in color that would work great. However we don't know were it came from and I can't seem to find one like it on the web.
We use them in our nuc boxes.
Anybody got any ideas? I need 1,000 if someone would be interested in making a mold.

Re: Small division board feeders

A standard feeder is 2" wide which makes it a tight fit in a 5 frame nuc box. The volume of syrup is not the problem, not enough room to get frames in and out with out causing problems. There a couple guys working on it now. If anyone else would use these let me know and I will pass it along.

Re: Small division board feeders

I understand you don't want to make them but here's an easy way to do it. Take a standard deep feeder lay it on its side and cut it in half on a table saw. Next colapse the feeder back together with the top ear half on the outside and the bottom piece on the inside. To hold them together put a 1x2 board accross the top just inside the top of the feeder and use a staple gun to hold in place. I normally use two boards, one on each end, and leave a 2 to 3 inch hole in the middle. Fench on table saw can be adjusted so your feeders end up being any depth you want them to be.